Envelop.



QSJQA H. BAER.

ENVBLOP. APPLIUATION FILED ooT.e, 1913 Patented Jan.26,1915

HENRY BAER, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ENVELOP.

il,l26,342l.

Specicaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 26, MM5.

Application led October 6, 1913. Serial No. 793,576.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, 'HENRY BAER, a. citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Envelops, of which the following is a specification.

The object .of my invention is to produce a cheap, simple and efficient envelop.

It belongs to that class of envelops which are generally used for filing purposes, more particularly for holding and containing paper, documents, cards, deeds, wills, abstracts, bills and papers of this character which are not placed in flat files; but, for purposes of expediency are preferably led in special envelops for this purpose. Envelops of this character and in this class are, as a rule, made with folded sides, or double, or peculiarly constructed so as to accommodate themselves to a varying number or multiplicity of filing papers which are inserted in them; they must necessarily be thus constructed as the ordinary envelops would hold only a small number of papers, as, if too many are inserted, they (the papers) would either split or tear the envelop, or become folded and crumpled at the lower edge of the envelop, making it inconvenient to handle the papers, and ruining their side edges, and their' original neat and symmetrical appearance. These special envelops are also costly and take up more space than my envelop. The papers to be filed can be inserted in my envelop more readily than in these special envelops, as they must to some degree be forced by the papers when they are inserted, whereas my new envelop yields readily .to the documents as they are 'placed in it, as its unique and peculiar construction adapts it to be spread or spaced evenly throughout its entire length and, width, forming a practically perfect filing envelop.

Documents can be more readily examined in my envelop, than in the ones now in use, t

as its peculiar top construction enables me to accomplish this examination readily and handily.

l make a self adjusting envelop which eX- pands evenly to the extent of its contents. Its various other featuresand advantages will readily become apparent from a perusal of the following specification.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specication: Figure (1) is a plan view of the iling envelop blank; Fig.

(2) a perspective front view of the finished 'filing envelop; Fig. (3) a back View of the finished filing envelop, inelevation.

The body or front of the envelop is marked (l), this body part has a recess or depression (2) cut in its top part and a flap (3) at its lower part; and two side flaps (4) and (5) disposed at the side thereof. The cut away part (2) lies between the flaps (4) and (5) at the top of the envelop. When the blanks for these envelops are cut, the part cut out to form the recess (2) makes the flap (3) on the blank contiguous to the one being cut, so there is no waste in cutting my blanks for the envelops. Flap 5) is first folded over onto the body (l) and then iap (4) is folded over the edge of Hap (5), the gummed part (6) uniting the flaps (4) and (5). The flap (3) is then folded over the lower part of the iiaps (4) and (5), the gummed 'part (7) uniting the flap onto the flaps (4) and (5) and thus forming the bottom of the envelop. The gum (7) eX- tends upon the flap (3) about half way, the other half (8) being folded midway so that a spaced bottom as (9) is formed, see particularly Fig. (2).

VWhen the envelop is finished cut away corners as (10) are present at the lower onter edges and at the top the body 1 is so formed, by reason of the depression being cut in the top thereof, that retaining or guide edges as (12) are fermed, inasmuch as the depression which is cut in the top edge does l 'not extend the entire width of the body of the envelop.

It will readily become apparent that by pressing the envelop on the side edges it will open up evenly throughout its entire extent and thus enable the ready and satisfactory insertion of the filing papers.

The life of this class of filing also be prolonged.

l wish to be understood as not limiting myself to the specific form of envelop herein set forth and described, as it is capable of considerable modification, as for instance the flap (3) may be made of any other form or contour and this would change the form and contour of the recess (2) the edges of the flaps (4) and (5) may be diderently formed and shaped and the parts put together in any desirable manner.

What l claim as new and my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. ln an envelop of the character deenvelop will .being of less when folded, open cut off corner edges will i be formed, thus rendering the envelop exit will extend below the bottom Aor' the body A portion and thereby form a bottom', the walls of which are spaced apart, the bottom flap' width than the body, so that,

pansible.

2. Inan envelop of the character de scribed, said envelop consisting of a body portion, said body ortion'rbelng recessed at itstop so that si e guard edges will remain, and having side flaps 'folded over thereon and fastened together, and a bottom flap folded over onto the folded side fla s so that it 'will extend below the bottom o the body portion and thereby form a bottom, the walls of which are spaced apart, the bottom Hap being of less width than the body, so that, when folded, open cut oil corner edges will be formed, thus rendering the envelop expansible.'`

In testimony whereof I aiix in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BAER.

my signature Witnesses.:

H. E. CARstl'En, THos. F. GEOGHEGAN. 

